Sorry it's such a blurry picture, but you have to realise I'm photographing something not much bigger than a pin head ;o) This is my camera on micro macro manual focus, with me trying to focus using one hand because my other is holding the glass!!
This murrini is a banana! Yes a banana! A banana on a blue background with a red border - just in case you needed help identifying it. It's very exciting! Yes, I pulled a little to quickly and a little too soon and I don't seriously think I'll be able to pick up a slice of this and place it on a bead -- but watch this space!
I was going to try and explain how I made it, but found this YouTube video from Corning that shows the process on a much larger, more easily understood scale -
